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PHYSICS 490: Research

Open only to Physics graduate students, with consent of instructor. Work is in experimental or theoretical problems in research, as distinguished from independent study of a non-research character in 190 and 293.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Abel, T. (PI) ; Allen, S. (PI) ; Beasley, M. (PI) ; Bhattacharya, J. (PI) ; Blandford, R. (PI) ; Block, S. (PI) ; Bloom, E. (PI) ; Boxer, S. (PI) ; Breidenbach, M. (PI) ; Brodsky, S. (PI) ; Bucksbaum, P. (PI) ; Burchat, P. (PI) ; Burke, D. (PI) ; Byer, R. (PI) ; Cabrera, B. (PI) ; Chao, A. (PI) ; Chu, S. (PI) ; Church, S. (PI) ; Dai, H. (PI) ; Devereaux, T. (PI) ; Dimopoulos, S. (PI) ; Dixon, L. (PI) ; Doniach, S. (PI) ; Fejer, M. (PI) ; Fetter, A. (PI) ; Fisher, G. (PI) ; Fisher, I. (PI) ; Fox, J. (PI) ; Funk, S. (PI) ; Gaffney, K. (PI) ; Glover, G. (PI) ; Goldhaber-Gordon, D. (PI) ; Gratta, G. (PI) ; Greven, M. (PI) ; Harbury, P. (PI) ; Harris, J. (PI) ; Hewett, J. (PI) ; Himel, T. (PI) ; Huberman, B. (PI) ; Inan, U. (PI) ; Jones, B. (PI) ; Kachru, S. (PI) ; Kahn, S. (PI) ; Kallosh, R. (PI) ; Kamae, T. (PI) ; Kapitulnik, A. (PI) ; Kasevich, M. (PI) ; Kivelson, S. (PI) ; Kosovichev, A. (PI) ; Kuo, C. (PI) ; Laughlin, R. (PI) ; Leith, D. (PI) ; Levitt, M. (PI) ; Linde, A. (PI) ; Lipa, J. (PI) ; Luth, V. (PI) ; Madejski, G. (PI) ; Manoharan, H. (PI) ; Michelson, P. (PI) ; Moerner, W. (PI) ; Moler, K. (PI) ; Nishi, Y. (PI) ; Osheroff, D. (PI) ; Pande, V. (PI) ; Papanicolaou, G. (PI) ; Pelc, N. (PI) ; Peskin, M. (PI) ; Petrosian, V. (PI) ; Pianetta, P. (PI) ; Prinz, F. (PI) ; Raubenheimer, T. (PI) ; Romani, R. (PI) ; Roodman, A. (PI) ; Rowson, P. (PI) ; Ruth, R. (PI) ; Scherrer, P. (PI) ; Schindler, R. (PI) ; Schnitzer, M. (PI) ; Shen, Z. (PI) ; Shenker, S. (PI) ; Siemann, R. (PI) ; Silverstein, E. (PI) ; Smith, T. (PI) ; Spudich, J. (PI) ; Su, D. (PI) ; Susskind, L. (PI) ; Thomas, S. (PI) ; Vuletic, V. (PI) ; Wacker, J. (PI) ; Wagoner, R. (PI) ; Wechsler, R. (PI) ; Wein, L. (PI) ; Weis, W. (PI) ; Wojcicki, S. (PI) ; Wong, H. (PI) ; Yamamoto, Y. (PI) ; Zhang, S. (PI)

PHYSICS 62: Classical Mechanics Laboratory

Introduction to laboratory techniques, experiment design, data collection and analysis simulations, and correlating observations with theory. Labs emphasize discovery with open-ended questions and hands-on exploration of concepts developed in PHYSICS 61 including Newton's laws, conservation laws, rotational motion. Pre-or corequisite 61

PHYSICS 802: TGR Dissertation

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable for credit

PHYSICS 240: Introduction to the Physics of Energy

Energy as a consumable. Forms and interconvertability. World joule nnbudget. Equivalents in rivers, oil pipelines and nuclear weapons. nnQuantum mechanics of fire, batteries and fuel cells. Hydrocarbon and hydrogen synthesis. Fundamental limits to mechanical, electrical and magnetic strengths of materials. Flywheels, capacitors and high pressure tanks. Principles of AC and DC power transmission. Impossibility of pure electricity storage. Surge and peaking. Solar constant. Photovoltaic and thermal solar conversion. Physical limits on agriculture.

PHYSICS 241: Introduction to Nuclear Energy

Radioactivity. Elementary nuclear processes. Energetics of fission and fusion. Cross-sections and resonances. Fissionable and fertile isotopes. Neutron budgets. Light water, heavy water and graphite reactors. World nuclear energy production. World reserves of uranium and thorium. Plutonium, reprocessing and proliferation. Half lives of fission decay products and actinides made by neutron capture. Nuclear waste. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Molten sodium breeders. Generation-IV reactors. Inertial confinement and magnetic fusion. Laser compression. Fast neutron production and fission-fusion hybrids. PREREQUISITES: Strong undergraduate background in elementary chemistry and physics. PH240 and PH252A recommended but not required. Interested undergraduates encouraged to enroll, with permission of instructor.

PHYSICS 275: Electrons in Nanostructures

The behavior of electrons in metals or semiconductors at length scales below 1 micron, smaller than familiar macroscopic objects but larger than atoms. Ballistic transport, Coulomb blockade, localization, quantum mechanical interference, and persistent currents. Topics may include quantum Hall systems, graphen, spin transport, spin-orbit coupling in nanostructures, magnetic tunnel junctions, Kondo systems, and 1-dimensional systems. Readings focus on the experimental research literature, and recent texts and reviews. Prerequisite: undergraduate quantum mechanics and solid state physics.

PHYSICS 293: Literature of Physics

Study of the literature of any special topic. Preparation, presentation of reports. If taken under the supervision of a faculty member outside the department, approval of the Physics chair required. Prerequisites: 25 units of college physics, consent of instructor.
| Repeatable for credit

PHYSICS 301: Astrophysics Laboratory

Seminar/lab. Astronomical observational techniques and physical models of astronomical objects. Observational component uses the 24-inch telescope at the Stanford Observatory and ancillary photometric and spectroscopic instrumentation. Emphasis is on spectroscopic and photometric observation of main sequence, post-main sequence, and variable stars. Term project developing observational equipment or software. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

PHYSICS 321: Laser Spectroscopy

Theoretical concepts and experimental techniques. Absorption, dispersion, Kramers-Kronig relations, line-shapes. Classical and laser linear spectroscopy. Semiclassical theory of laser atom interaction: time-dependent perturbation theory, density matrix, optical Bloch equations, coherent pulse propagation, multiphoton transitions. High-resolution nonlinear laser spectroscopy: saturation spectroscopy, polarization spectroscopy, two-photon and multiphoton spectroscopy, optical Ramsey spectroscopy. Phase conjugation. Four-wave mixing, harmonic generation. Coherent Raman spectroscopy, quantum beats, ultra-sensitive detection. Prerequisite: 230. Recommended: 231.

PHYSICS 332: Quantum Field Theory

Theory of renormalization. The renormalization group and applications to the theory of phase transitions. Renormalization of Yang-Mills theories. Applications of the renormalization group of quantum chromodynamics. Perturbation theory anomalies. Applications to particle phenomenology. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 330.
Instructors: Wacker, J. (PI) ; Hook, A. (TA)
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